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KRONOS Five Decades
In the opening weekend of the String Quartet Biennial, Kronos Quartet offers a small anthology of its repertoire along with a selection of the pieces it has commissioned.

Kronos is joined by Ukrainian-born singer and composer Mariana Sadovska for the French premiere of her work Chernobyl. The Harvest

Program

Sam Green / KRONOS at FIFTY *

Angélique Kidjo (arr. Jacob Garchik) / YanYanKliYan Senamido #2 **

Terry Riley / This Assortment of Atoms – One Time Only!: I. Lunch in Chinatown **

Krzysztof Penderecki / Quartetto per archi

John Oswald / Excerpt from Spectre *

Peni Candra Rini (arr. Jacob Garchik & Andy McGraw) / Segara Gunung: Movement I *

Michael Gordon / gfedcba * French premiere

Philip Glass / Quartet Satz **

with special guests Quatuor Agate and Quatuor Magenta

INTERMISSION

Nicole Lizée / ZonelyHearts: PhoneTap + CCTV *

Sun Ra & Jlin (arr. Kronos Quartet) / Maji *

Laurie Anderson (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Flow +

Mariana Sadovska / Chernobyl. The Harvest * French premiere

I. Doroha. Дорога (The Road)
II. Zhnyva. Жнива (The Harvest)
III. Platch. Плач (Lamentation)
IV. Rai. Рай (Paradise)

with special guest Mariana Sadovska, voice, harmonium

This engagement is supported in part by Mid Atlantic Arts through USArtists International, a program in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Trust for Mutual Understanding.